John C Hopkins House - Moorestown Historic District - Moorestown, NJ
N 39° 57.806 W 074° 56.830
18S E 504512 N 4423699
This is one of a dozen 18th & 19th century (now commercial) properties lining W. Main St. in historic Moorestown. Most of these sites are contributing structures to the Moorestown Historic District found on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WM3NV1
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2008
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This house is now a Century 21 Real Estate Office
The LowellHouseGang says, "the John C. Hopkins house features 15 foot ceilings, pocket doors, chestnut woodwork and a hand crafted 3 story staircase.The property is highlighted by an enormous copper beech tree that measures 16 feet in diameter and is over 120 years old."
Located at 10 West Main Street in downtown Moorestown. This is one of 351 contributing buildings/structures to this historic district.
The Department of the Interior sent me the following narrative/information on this house:
"c.1879. 2 1/2-story, 5-register, Second Empire-style brick house on stone foundation with paneled transomed center door. Portico supported on fluted Tuscan columns with bracketed molded cornice topped by balustraded porch at second story level. 1/1 double hung windows with brownstone sills, arched lintels, and paneled shutters. Second story projecting bay with door to balcony flanked by 1/1 double hung windows with brownstone lintels and sills, and louvered shutters. Slate mansard roof with undulating arched dormer, 1/1 double hung window with paneled pilasters and brackets, two other dormers with same detail. East elevation: 1-story side porch with fluted columns and 1-story brick bay. 20th-century rear brick addition. - Contributing.”
